Cable Question

[xCarne_Asada]

I am thinking about switching my internet service to timewarner cable. Right now I have Earthlink ADSL with 1.5meg down/128k up, it lags with the 3 other users on my home network, also the connection falls off, so much for always on. Ok so I was suching my time warner cable sight and i found This (http://www.roadrunnerla.com/commercial/pricing.cfm) I was thinking on getting the broadband pc. It gives me 5 dynamic ips and costs 5 bux more than the usual 1 static ip address. 50bux a month thats the same price as my dsl with practically twice the speed. So does this mean that every person on the network would have their own cable connection with out slowing eachother down? Would it be worth it?

[Jon]

Depends on how well they populate nodes when getting overcongested. Some companies let nodes get so crowded that all you get is dialup speed at peak times.

I've got Verizon/Americast cable and it's great. $45 a month if you have Americast cable TV. I get 3.5Mbps down and 512Kbps up. Downbload speeds are usually 300KB-1GB/s (yes that's Bytes). Adelphia is also a good company for broadband...they should be in your area as I'm about an hour north of LA and have both.

[vlovich]

Can you just explain one thing to me. You say you buy a 3.5Mb/sec down/ 128Kb up yet you manage to get 1GB/sec down. Now, either my math is wrong, but 3.5/8 (8 bits - 1byte) is not 1. I don't know anyway you can divide anything other than 8 by 8 and get 1, and that's not including overhead. Maybe, somehow, you have changed the laws of mathematics, and if you have, please tell me how you did so.

PS. No offence intended. If you modem is uncapped, then I just want to say you are on lucky guy.

PPS. 300KB - 1GB seems a bit of a large span of speed (english good not now, sleep deprived)

The only difference between Genius and Stupidity is that even Genius has its limits - Albert Einstein

[Jon]

3.5Mbps is what the online speed tests say I get. I honestly don't know if they have me capped and where at if they do. I know my upload is capped as I can't upload any faster than 50KBps.

Depending on where I'm downloading from gives me the speeds I get. I also made a mistake and said 1GB/s whereas I should have said 1MB...my mistake there. I hit 800KB-1MB/s when downloading from fairly close university FTP servers. Got the same transfer rates out of Excite@Home in Kentucky before I moved (and Excite went defunct). Probably averaged 600KB/s there and it was better service.

Not changing the laws of mathmatics, just made a mistake as I'm entitled. I'm only human. :rolleyes:

[vlovich]

I missed that too. Sorry. But I was still refering to MB. How can 3.5Mb / 8 = 1? I have a 3MB service that goes at 300K max if i'm lucky, usualy 180 ~ 250 k/sec. When you download, it may say 1MB for a sec, but that's because it's started downloading and downloaded a certain amount and then started counting the time (something like that). However if it's consistent, then I guess you're lucky enough to have noone else on the network and an uncapped modem. Lucky bast***.

[Jon]

I'm pretty sure it's uncapped. The 3.5Mbps down I referred to was only what the online speed tests generate for me. Thos really aren't very close to me, though.

I know what you mean by only getting 1MB bursts, but I've sustained 1MB transfers for files up to about 30MB...it does start to drop after that a bit.

However, I've downloaded a 678MB Linux ISO in just under 16 minutes so you can figure that at around 750KB/s.

Not many do have this cable provider in my area. Most go with Adelphia...it's just more popular. If they are on anything Verizon here, it's the DSL.